HDA Truck Pride is continuing to grow by adding Fleet Friction. Fleet Friction is located in San Diego, Calif. Their management team includes: Owners Mike Buscher and Richard Harrigan and General Manager Craig Dawson.
Both diesel and gasoline prices saw a significant increase this past week.
Diesel prices jumped an average of 9.5 cents per gallon across the nation to settle at $4.02.
There’s an air of resignation in Washington about the deep cuts in federal spending scheduled for March 1.
If sequestration happens, the cuts could affect $1.2 trillion in discretionary and defense spending. Highway safety and construction programs would be spared, for the most part, because their money comes through the Highway Trust Fund.
J.J. Taylor Companies Inc. announced an open house, celebrating the launch of its private compressed natural gas fueling station and its transition to the more environmentally friendly, domestically produced fuel. With its corporate offices in Jupiter, Fla., J.J. Taylor has beer distribution operations in Tampa, Fort Myers and Fort Pierce, Florida as well as in Minneapolis, Minn.
Through its Truckload Academy, the Truckload Carriers Association recently launched The Highly Effective Fleet Manager, an online certificate program that focuses on business, leadership, communication, and coaching skills for fleet and driver managers.
Andrew Winkler, director of operations for Grand Island Express, Inc., Grand Island, Neb., is the first person to complete it.
Baldwin Filters’ manufacturing operations continue to grow in its Kearney and Gothenburg, Neb., and Yankton, S.D., facilities. With this growth comes the need for additional space at its Kearney headquarters location.
Landstar System, , Jacksonville, Fla., record diluted earnings per share of 73 cents in the 2012 fourth quarter compared to 70 cents in the fourteen week 2011 fourth quarter.
Arkansas Best Corp. reports fourth-quarter and full-year losses, but says Teamsters negotiations will help cut costs, and new non-asset-based businesses will help the bottom line.